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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

160 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 8

Wreck 'Em

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 20

Two sailors, when they had finished their naval service, opened a restaurant in a small market town. Bill did the cooking while Jack waited at…

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Blown Up New Picture Theatre at Blayney Early Morning Explosion and Fire Police Believe Wreck Was Deliberate Blayney;s Greatest Sensation. Blayney

National Advocate · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 1

What up to Friday night last was one of Balayney's finest and most palatial picture pal[?]ces is to-day a heap of ruins. The police believe that it…

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[?] Ba[?] T[?]re Wreck. General Council Business

Leader · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 5

A res[?] of [?] will be offered by the Ly[?]burat A[?] Council for information leading to the on[?]tion of…

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French Steamer Bombed by Rebel Plane

National Advocate · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 6

An insurgent seaplane circled over the French steamer Port Vand[?] after [?]mong Portson, and a frontier railway turned…

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Five Sailors Lost. Steamer Wrecked. LONDON

Leader · Monday 4 October 1937 · page 4

“Never mind me[?] Leek for the other five[?] With these words, the skipper of a steamer, wrecked off [?]…

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Liner Afire Runs Ashore in Algeria ALGIERS

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 1

THE Spanish liner Cabisanto[?]ame ran ashore afire on the Algerian coast after two hours' shelling by two insurgent…

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Spanish War Liner Shelled and Ashore Algiers

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 2

The Spanish liner Cabicantotome ron ashore on fire off the Algerian coast after a two hours shelling by two insurgent destroyers…

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Wreck of the Urana Captain Suspended Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 4

After an inquiry into the wreck of the coastal steamer Urana at Old Bar on August 31, the Marine Court to-day ordered suspension for four…

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Steamer Captured British Warship to Rescue Rebels Give Up Prize London

National Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 1

While the British steamer Stangrove was carrying 600 refugees, mostly women and children, from Gijon yesterday, it was captured by a rebel…

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BOMBED French Steamer Sunk PARIS

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 1

AN unknown plans bombed the French steamer Quedmeilah, carrying. a train cargo from Morocco to France, fifty…

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Fire at Sea British Steamer Destroyed Hong Kong

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 3

The British steamer Kaipangata caught fire and was destroyed between Hong Kong and Rainan Island in the South China Sea. The…

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French Steamer Bombed From the Air Destroyers to the Rescue PARIS

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 2

An unknown aeroplane bombed the French steamer Que Demellah, carrying a grain cargo from Morocco to France, 50 miles from Barcelona…

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Fire at Sea British Steamer Destroyed Hong Kong

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 5

The British steamer Kaipangata [?]ght fire and was destroyed between [?]ing Kong and Rainan Island in [?] South China Sec. The…

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French Steamer Attacked by Unknown 'Plane Indignation in France Paris

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 2

Indignation has been aroused by the attack on the French steamer Que de Mellah oy an unknown aeroplane and has been intensified by…

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Devilish Work Blighted Lives Wrecked Homes Much Married Profligates

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 16

LASKING out right and left, the Rev. R. S. Pickup, president of the State Baptist Union, gave his listeners a thrill…

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Sunken Steamer Owned by Greek Company Barcelona

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 2

The British steamer Jean Weemys which sank yesterday after a bombardment by insurgent planes 13 miles from the Catclan coast was…

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Released at Last British Steamer Taken By Rebels LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 5

The Spanish rebels have revealed the British steamer seven seas spray which was captured at santona in september…

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More Piracy French Steamer Bombed Warships Retaliate BARCELONA

National Advocate · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 2

A war plane bombed and machinegunned, the French steamer La Corse off Mataro, but was driven off by government aircraft. French warships…

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Steamer Missing Believed to Have Foundered St. Johns, Newfoundland

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 2

The summer Calgadol, with a crow of 15, carrying a cargo of coal from Sydney. N.S.W., is six days overdue, and it is feared that she foundered in…

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Coal Steamer Overdue. St. Johns

Leader · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 2

The steamer Calgadoc, with a crew of 16, and carrying a cargo of coal from Sydney, is [?] days overdue. It is feared she foundered in last week's…

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